what do you like best during such a trip?
struggle with la bestia blanda, chats with like-minded people, walks through unknown terretories, temperature changes, funny food, spectacular landscapes or office work to get i. e. ferries booked? Or is it to watch Harry’s behavior. Mind the fires in Northern California and the thieves in Middle America. There are many who are pleased to convoy you. All the best throughout. Harm

Good question, Harm. I guess it’s the encounters with strangers followed closely by the changing landscapes (and the fact that I haven’t had bad humidity since leaving DC!). As for the wildfires, although they are huge this year, it’s not that half of California is burning. The main problem is, of course, that those living where the fires are raging stand to lose everything, so even if “only” a few hundred people are affected directly, it is a catastrophe for the State. But I have yet to see smoke or other signs of calamity.